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Top Shelf Stories

Top Shelf Stories

By: Jay Chris Tony
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In a world that often shuns the uncomfortable, we embrace it with open arms—and open laughs. Our candid narratives around our stories assure you that awkwardness is a shared human experience. Tune in, enjoy the ride, and maybe learn a thing or two.

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Episodes
  • From Deer Stands To Strip Bars: A Teenage Hunt Gone Sideways
    Apr 7 2026

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    We trade a wild northwoods hunting story for a sober look at risk, consent, and how our 90s upbringings shape the way we parent now. It’s raw, funny, and honest about drunk driving, “entertainment” bars, a cold cabin, and a mushroom-laced pizza that should never have happened.

    • generational contrast between freedom and safety
    • drunk driving on the way to hunt
    • smoke-choked bar and first exposure to adult spaces
    • being refused entry and sent with a stranger
    • long cold night alone at the cabin
    • secrecy on the ride home
    • nonconsensual psychedelics while babysitting
    • trespassing and stealing a treestand
    • cooking wild game and complicated nostalgia
    • clearer boundaries for modern parenting


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    32 mins
  • Boner Myths: A Candid Hangout
    Apr 3 2026

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    We riff on winter’s slow drag, a couch that eats your legs, and the sketchy promises of gas station enhancers while poking at the line between science and sales. Jokes carry us, but we land on honest questions about performance myths, generics, and holiday brain fog.

    • deep couch banter and winter mood
    • bald tires, slow driving, and freeway honks
    • pharma patents, brand-name power, and generics
    • the myth and marketing of gas station pills
    • comedy as cover for taboo questions
    • holiday haze and a rental car tangent


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    7 mins
  • He Tried A Jackie Chan Trip On A Cop And It Went About How You’d Expect
    Mar 31 2026

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    We move into a new studio and use the chaos to explore a bigger theme: how control, comfort, and judgment slip when tension rises. A midnight jog spirals into a police swarm, a Miranda debate, and a hard look at rights, restraint, and responsibility.

    • new room setup challenges and mic stand hassles
    • what detention vs arrest vs Miranda really mean
    • golf cart tickets, registration, insurance, and safety
    • a fatal campground story reframing rules as safeguards
    • late-night jog, mistaken identity, and a takedown
    • free speech, flipping off cops, and lawsuit examples
    • why calm choices beat bravado under pressure
    • dine-and-dash consequences and making amends


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    33 mins
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